SAN BERNARDINO>> A man wanted for the July rape of a 17-year-old mentally disabled female was arrested Friday in San Bernardino, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department reported.

Steven Haley, 32 (Courtesy of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

Deputies had been looking for Steven Haley, 32 of San Bernardino since the July 8 assault on the victim, a Loma Linda resident.

“Haley was aware law enforcement was actively searching for him, but refused to turn himself in,” the Sheriff’s statement said.

He was arrested by the San Bernardino Police Department Friday and booked into the West Valley Detention Center for the rape warrant and additional charges, the statement said.

No further information was available, a Sheriff’s department spokeswoman said.

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